Hatch-cover.



.No. 69|,752. Patented Jan. 28, mm.

w. w. DAWLEY.

HATCH COVER. (Application filed. Sept. 28, 1900.)

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WINFIELD WELLS DAWLEY, OF GENEVA, OHIO.

HATCH-COVER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 691,752, dated January 28, 1902.

Application filed September 28, 1900. Serial No. 31,414.. (No model.)

Improved Hatch-Cover, of which the follow-' ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a hatch-cover which when batten ed down will hermetically seal the hatch and which also, though it may be of large size and great weight, can be readily lifted from the hatch-coaming.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, while the claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

a represents the deck of a vessel, and co 1 the hatch-coaming.

19 represents the hatch-cover, which is preferably constructed of iron and which is provided with an angle-iron c, fastened to its under side and extending around the edges thereof, one member of the angle-iron standing vertically and the other member lying snugly along the under side of the hatch-cover, said member being fastened to the hatchcover by riveting, as shown. A rubber gasket or.other packing device 61 is fastened under the horizontal member of the angle-iron c in position to engage on top of the hatch coaming a. Swing-bolts e are provided for batteningdown the hatch, as illustrated in the drawings, and when these bolts are tightened down the hatch-cover isforcedagainst the coaming, and the rubber gasket (1 hermetically seals the hatch. Each side edge of the hatch is provided with two transversely-projecting arms f, rigidly fastened to the hatch and provided at their end portions with trun nionsf, which are seated to rock in bearings g, formed in stanchions g,erected on the deck.

The bearings g are open at their top, so that the trunnionsf may not only rock in the bearings, but may also be lifted upward out of the same. At each side of the hatch a socket-piece h is fastened to the deck, and

this socket-piece is adapted removably to carry in upright position a post 4;, provided at its top with a sheave i,whereover isadapted to pass a line is, one end of which is attached to the side edge of the hatch-cover opposite the side at which the post i is located and the other end of which runs down to a suitable winch Z, mounted on-the deck. By operating this winch the hatch-cover may be raised into vertical position, thus openingthe hatch, during which operation the hatch swings, with the trunnions f at one side of i the hatch rocking in the corresponding bearings g". It is clear that by shifting the post 2' and the winch Z the hatch may .be swung open toward either side. When the hatch swings on the trunnions at one side, the arms f and the trunnions f at the other side are of course raised upward with the hatch, the trunnions disengaging the bearings g.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated two posts 1 each of which is provided Witha sheave t"; but this obviously is merely a duplication of the post and sheave shown in Fig.1,

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The combination with a decked vessel having a hatch and a hatch-eoaming therefor, of a hatch-cover extending over and beyond the hatch-eoaming, angle-irons fastened to'the under side of the cover and having outwardlyextending horizontal members lying snugly against the cover and vertical members extending downward inside of the hatch-00aming, a packing-gasket secured to the under side of the horizontal member of the angleiron and bearing on the hatch-coaming, transversely-projeeting arms fastened to the hatchcover and extending beyond the same and WIN FIELD ELLS DAWLEY.

Witnesses:

. JOHN H. BRIGHAM,

DENNIS DEVAN. 

